Lesotho

Location	Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
Geographic coordinates	29 30 S, 28 30 E
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 30,355 sq km land: 30,355 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundaries	total: 909 km border countries: South Africa 909 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Terrain	mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m highest point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m
Natural resources	water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone
Land use	arable land: 10.87% permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2005)
Irrigated land	30 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	5.2 cu km (1987)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 0.05 cu km/yr (40%/40%/20%) per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	periodic droughts
Environment - current issues	population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m above sea level